Adjustable hook for refrigerator cars



B. WINGER. ADJUSTABLE HOOK FOR REFRIGERATOR CARS.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29,1920.

1,405,745. Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

UNITED STATES nnniwmnwmena, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE HOOK ron nEraieEnAroR- CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent. -Pafentd F b, 7

Application filed October 29, 1920. Serial Nor 420,541.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, BERNARD VVINGER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Hooks for Refrigerator Cars, of which the following is a. specification.

An object of my invention is to provide a novel arrangement for suspending meat hooks in refrigerator cars, and in which it will be possible to readily remove the hooks and the apparatus supporting them in order to facilitate thorough cleaning of the car.

Another object is to provide hooks that may be readily adjusted upon the support ing apparatus within the car, but will not and cannot become lost because of the carelessness of employees or because of the movement of the cars.

Another object is to provide means whereby the hooks can be assembled upon the side of the car in such position that they will not obstruct the use of the car for other purposes than those requiring the use of the hooks.

Another object of my invention is to provide means to facilitate loading of a refrigerator car with meats.

These and other objects are attained by the means described herein and disclosed in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional View of a refrigerator car in which are mounted hooks and suspending means therefor, embodying my invention. a

Fig. 2 is a plan view on line 2-2 of Flg. 1, and showing the meat hooks assembled upon the sides of the car.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the hook supporting means with a hook mounted thereon, and forming details of my inventien. I

My invention comprises a cross bar A mounted transversely of a refrigerator car C and supported by suitable end brackets B and brace D, and from which bar the hooks E are adjustably suspended. The bar A- may be made in any shape or form but is preferably round in cross section and is preferably made of a solid metal bar. jThe cross bar is supported upon the sides of the refrigerator car C by means of the brackets B having a lower section b and an upper section 6. A flange b is formed upon the lower section b and the cross bar A rests upon this flange. ,The cross bar is maintained in position upon the flange by means of a collar Z2 extending over the cross bar A and that is secured to the flange b by any suitable means such as bolts, etc. The center of the cross bar A is supported by the brace D mounted upon the top or ceiling of the bar C by any suitable means. The lower part of the brace D is prefereab1y constructed in such manner that the cross bar can bereadily removed therefrom, for example it may comprise a hook d mounted upon rod d by any suitable means such as bolt d. The hooks E are preferably constructed each with an eye 6 in their upper end, through which eye the bar A extends. The eye is sufficiently large to permit ready positioning of the hooks upon the bar A. Midway between the adjacent cross bars. A and mounted upon the sides of the car C are the supports F having a flange f formed on their inner end, and that are adapted to support the lower or hooked ends of the hooks E when the hooks are assembled upon the bars A adjacent the brackets B.

What I claim is 1. In a refrigerator car, the combination of a cross bar, brackets mounted upon the sides of the car, flanges on the brackets and 'supportin the cross bar, collars mounted upon the anges and retaining the cross bar in position, and meat hooks mounted adjustably upon the cross bar. I

2. In a refrigerator car, the combination of a cross bar, brackets supporting the cross bar, hooks each having an eye in one of their ends and through which eye the cross bar 9' extends, and su ports mounted upon the 'car' adapted to retain the hooks when assembled upon the ends of the cross bar.

3. The combination of a car, bars extend ing between the opposite sides of the car, no meat hooks mounted on thebars adapted to be assembled atthe ends of the bars, and means to retain the hooks in their assembled positions at the sides of the car.

4. The combination of a car, bars extending between the opposite sides of the car, meat hooks pivotally mounted on the barsv adapted in their normal positions to be suspended from the. bars and to have their hooked ends disposed below the bars, the

'meat hooks being capable of: movement lon ltudinally of the bars and of being {LS1 sem led at the ends of the bars, andmeans adjacent the ends of the bars adapted to aecommodate the hooked ends of the meat hooks whereby the hooked ends of the assembled meat hooks may be disposed to the tober, 1920. V

. BERNARD WINGER. 

